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Top Grossing Story Creator at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 301-400)BETA
See also: Top Domestic Art Directors - Top Domestic Assistant Directors - Top Domestic Assistant Editors - Top Domestic Associate Producers - Top Domestic Casting Directors - Top Domestic Cinematographers - Top Domestic Co-Producers - Top Domestic Composers - Top Domestic Costume Designers - Top Domestic Costume Supervisors - Top Domestic Dialogue Editors - Top Domestic Directors - Top Domestic Editors - Top Domestic Executive Producers - Top Domestic Make-up and Hair Designers - Top Domestic Music Editors - Top Domestic Music Supervisors - Top Domestic Producers - Top Domestic Production Designers - Top Domestic Re-recording Mixers - Top Domestic Screenwriters - Top Domestic Second Unit Directors - Top Domestic Set Decorators - Top Domestic Set Designers - Top Domestic Sound Designers - Top Domestic Sound Editors - Top Domestic Sound Effects Editors - Top Domestic Sound Mixers - Top Domestic Stunt Coordinators - Top Domestic Supervising Sound Editors - Top Domestic Unit Production Managers - Top Domestic Visual Effects Supervisors - Top International Story Creators - Top Worldwide Story Creators
This list shows the highest grossing Story Creators based on the domestic box office of the movies they worked on.
Since we are still actively researching technical roles, we consider this chart to be in beta mode. The table includes data for movies in The Numbers database. While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.
| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Margaret Mitchell | $198,680,470 | 1 | $198,680,470 |
| 302 | Rob Letterman | $198,351,526 | 1 | $198,351,526 |
| 303 | Conrad Vernon | $198,351,526 | 1 | $198,351,526 |
| 304 | Luc Besson | $198,241,107 | 7 | $28,320,158 |
| 305 | Judd Apatow | $197,891,380 | 2 | $98,945,690 |
| 306 | Jason Carter Eaton | $196,573,705 | 1 | $196,573,705 |
| 307 | Joby Harold | $196,516,815 | 2 | $98,258,408 |
| 308 | Sacha Baron Cohen | $195,424,504 | 3 | $65,141,501 |
| 309 | Peter Gaulke | $195,330,621 | 1 | $195,330,621 |
| 310 | Gerry Swallow | $195,330,621 | 1 | $195,330,621 |
| 311 | Nick Schenk | $195,214,690 | 2 | $97,607,345 |
| 312 | Drew Pearce | $195,042,377 | 1 | $195,042,377 |
| 313 | Christopher McQuarrie | $195,042,377 | 1 | $195,042,377 |
| 314 | John Ranft | $192,523,233 | 1 | $192,523,233 |
| 315 | Steven Spielberg | $192,078,610 | 4 | $48,019,653 |
| 316 | Ben Mezrich | $192,041,543 | 3 | $64,013,848 |
| 317 | Gary Dauberman | $191,602,710 | 2 | $95,801,355 |
| 318 | Brad Lewis | $191,450,875 | 1 | $191,450,875 |
| 319 | Dan Fogelman | $191,450,875 | 1 | $191,450,875 |
| 320 | Patrick Casey | $190,872,904 | 1 | $190,872,904 |
| 321 | Josh Miller | $190,872,904 | 1 | $190,872,904 |
| 322 | Michael Green | $190,863,203 | 2 | $95,431,602 |
| 323 | Edgar Wright | $190,329,788 | 2 | $95,164,894 |
| 324 | Peter Baynham | $188,560,488 | 2 | $94,280,244 |
| 325 | Anthony Hines | $188,560,488 | 2 | $94,280,244 |
| 326 | Bryan Woods | $188,024,361 | 1 | $188,024,361 |
| 327 | Scott Beck | $188,024,361 | 1 | $188,024,361 |
| 328 | Aaron Sorkin | $187,378,814 | 2 | $93,689,407 |
| 329 | John Cleese | $187,168,425 | 1 | $187,168,425 |
| 330 | Jeff Kinney | $186,449,546 | 6 | $31,074,924 |
| 331 | Tommy Swerdlow | $186,090,535 | 1 | $186,090,535 |
| 332 | Roderick Thorp | $185,905,045 | 2 | $92,952,523 |
| 333 | Jonathan Goldstein | $185,150,745 | 3 | $61,716,915 |
| 334 | John Francis Daley | $185,150,745 | 3 | $61,716,915 |
| 335 | David Dobkin | $185,100,912 | 4 | $46,275,228 |
| 336 | Michael Blake | $184,208,842 | 1 | $184,208,842 |
| 337 | Lee Batchler | $184,031,112 | 1 | $184,031,112 |
| 338 | Janet Scott Batchler | $184,031,112 | 1 | $184,031,112 |
| 339 | Dugan Dugan | $183,875,760 | 1 | $183,875,760 |
| 340 | David Twohy | $183,875,760 | 1 | $183,875,760 |
| 341 | Ned Benson | $183,651,655 | 1 | $183,651,655 |
| 342 | Jac Schaeffer | $183,651,655 | 1 | $183,651,655 |
| 343 | Michael Punke | $183,637,894 | 1 | $183,637,894 |
| 344 | Sebastian Junger | $182,618,434 | 1 | $182,618,434 |
| 345 | Doris Kearns Goodwin | $182,207,973 | 1 | $182,207,973 |
| 346 | Mark Protosevich | $181,030,624 | 1 | $181,030,624 |
| 347 | Steven Zaillian | $180,981,886 | 1 | $180,981,886 |
| 348 | Stephen Sondheim | $180,900,445 | 2 | $90,450,223 |
| 349 | John August | $180,541,477 | 2 | $90,270,739 |
| 350 | James Patterson | $180,482,132 | 5 | $36,096,426 |
| 351 | Joe Cornish | $180,202,163 | 1 | $180,202,163 |
| 352 | Pierre Boulle | $180,011,740 | 1 | $180,011,740 |
| 353 | Jon Povill | $178,272,808 | 2 | $89,136,404 |
| 354 | Van Robichaux | $178,253,487 | 2 | $89,126,744 |
| 355 | Evan Susser | $178,253,487 | 2 | $89,126,744 |
| 356 | Adam Rex | $177,397,510 | 1 | $177,397,510 |
| 357 | Adam McKay | $177,319,199 | 2 | $88,659,600 |
| 358 | Timothy Dowling | $176,829,240 | 3 | $58,943,080 |
| 359 | Joe Simon | $176,654,505 | 1 | $176,654,505 |
| 360 | Ed Decter | $176,484,651 | 1 | $176,484,651 |
| 361 | John J. Strauss | $176,484,651 | 1 | $176,484,651 |
| 362 | Marla Frazee | $175,003,033 | 1 | $175,003,033 |
| 363 | Kevin Kwan | $174,532,921 | 1 | $174,532,921 |
| 364 | Jenny Bicks | $174,340,174 | 1 | $174,340,174 |
| 365 | Jim Lovell | $173,772,767 | 1 | $173,772,767 |
| 366 | Adam Wingard | $173,230,709 | 1 | $173,230,709 |
| 367 | Simon Barrett | $173,230,709 | 1 | $173,230,709 |
| 368 | James V. Hart | $173,172,440 | 2 | $86,586,220 |
| 369 | Justin Lin | $173,005,945 | 1 | $173,005,945 |
| 370 | Daniel Casey | $173,005,945 | 1 | $173,005,945 |
| 371 | Alfredo Botello | $173,005,945 | 1 | $173,005,945 |
| 372 | Charles Segars | $173,005,002 | 1 | $173,005,002 |
| 373 | Oren Aviv | $173,005,002 | 1 | $173,005,002 |
| 374 | Barry Morrow | $172,825,435 | 1 | $172,825,435 |
| 375 | Cormac Wibberley | $172,102,007 | 2 | $86,051,004 |
| 376 | Marianne Wibberley | $172,102,007 | 2 | $86,051,004 |
| 377 | Lee Sternthal | $172,062,763 | 1 | $172,062,763 |
| 378 | Edward Kitsis | $172,062,763 | 1 | $172,062,763 |
| 379 | Adam Horowitz | $172,062,763 | 1 | $172,062,763 |
| 380 | Brian Klugman | $172,062,763 | 1 | $172,062,763 |
| 381 | John Carlin | $172,020,767 | 2 | $86,010,384 |
| 382 | Rob Marshall | $171,958,438 | 1 | $171,958,438 |
| 383 | John DeLuca | $171,958,438 | 1 | $171,958,438 |
| 384 | David Magee | $171,958,438 | 1 | $171,958,438 |
| 385 | Peter Lord | $171,459,587 | 2 | $85,729,794 |
| 386 | Sylvia Nasar | $170,708,996 | 1 | $170,708,996 |
| 387 | Fred Ebb | $170,687,518 | 1 | $170,687,518 |
| 388 | Dallas Watkins | $170,687,518 | 1 | $170,687,518 |
| 389 | Bob Fosse | $170,687,518 | 1 | $170,687,518 |
| 390 | Kathryn Stockett | $169,705,587 | 1 | $169,705,587 |
| 391 | Margot Lee Shetterly | $169,607,287 | 1 | $169,607,287 |
| 392 | Rory Haines | $168,283,344 | 1 | $168,283,344 |
| 393 | Sohrab Noshirvani | $168,283,344 | 1 | $168,283,344 |
| 394 | Adam Sztykiel | $168,283,344 | 1 | $168,283,344 |
| 395 | Gillian Flynn | $167,975,777 | 2 | $83,987,889 |
| 396 | Ira Levin | $166,921,671 | 6 | $27,820,279 |
| 397 | Greg Glienna | $166,225,040 | 1 | $166,225,040 |
| 398 | Mary Ruth Clarke | $166,225,040 | 1 | $166,225,040 |
| 399 | Pen Densham | $165,493,908 | 1 | $165,493,908 |
| 400 | Ryan Firpo | $164,870,264 | 1 | $164,870,264 |
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.